#BE9231#BE9231

#BE9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9231
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 7.06, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 55.46, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0144 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.122 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0705, 31.7290, 7.3403)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9231 #315DBE

analogous

#BE4C31 #BE9231 #A4BE31

triadic

#BE9231 #31BE92 #9231BE

tetradic

#BE9231 #31BE4C #315DBE #BE31A4

square

#BE9231 #31BE4C #315DBE #BE31A4

split-complementary

#BE9231 #31A4BE #4C31BE

monochromatic

#5D4718 #8D6D24 #BE9231 #D4AD58 #E1C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BE9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BE9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9231

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9231	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b16f',
    500: '#be9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9231;
$custom-light: #d6b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.277,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68467,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9231

secondary

#8097CA

accent

#76E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9231

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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